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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India
Jun 6, 2026 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Music
With Sangeet Team (Dave, Jayashri, Ramaprasad, Rungun & Padma)
Presenting Indian Classical Music from the Indian sub-continent and anywhere else in the world too. We are four different DJs that present from our personal collections with our own introduction to the songs. We broadcast every Saturday 9:00 am to 12:00 on 103.3 FM (NJ,NY and PA).
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| 11:27 AM |
| P. Unnikrishnan Nallathor Veenai - Brindavani Kanam Subramania Bharathiar Mellifiuous Melodies - Unnikrishnan Vani 2006 Unnikrishnan started learning Carnatic music at age 12 from V.L. Seshadri. He also received training from Dr. S. Ramanathan, Savithri Sathyamurthy and Calcutta K.S. Krishnamurthy. Besides classical music, he is also popular as a playback singer for Tamil films. |
| 11:16 AM |
| Shashank Orajupu - Kannada Gowla Tyagaraja Melodies from the Bamboo Flute Family of Master Shashank 1993 Shashank Subramanyam was born on 14 October 1978 in Rudrapatna, Karnataka. He is widely acknowledged as a legend of the bamboo flute. His training has been mostly in vocal music, initially under his father, and then by Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami, and Hindustani music under Pandit Jasraj. He is largely self taught on the flute. > with M.A. Sundaresan (violin): .Trichur C. Narendran (mridangam) and Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (ghatam) |
| 11:09 AM |
| LANGAS Mehandi Malir-ri THE WORLD ROOTS MUSIC LIBRARY: MUSIC OF RAJASTHAN～LANGAS & MANGANIYARS V/A KING RECORDS 2008 Folk tune from Rajasthan, performed by members of the Langa community.Related to weddings, Recorded in 1988 |
| 11:04 AM |
| Bismillah Khan Raga Todi (1969) Shaadi Ki Shehnaiyan (vol. 7) Saregama 2002 Qamruddin "Bismillah" Khan was born in 1916. His father was a court musician employed in the court of Maharaja Keshav Prasad Singh of Dumraon Estate in Bihar. His two grandfathers Ustad Salar Hussain Khan and Rasool Bux Khan were also musicians in the Dumraon palace.At the age of 3, he moved to Varanasi to be apprenticed to his maternal uncle Ali Bux "Vilayatu" Khan, a shehnai player attached to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. His first big break was a performance at the All India Music Conference in Kolkata in 1937.
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| 10:51 AM |
| Ranjani - Gayatri Viruttam & “ManadirkugAndadu” - Bilahari & Sindhu Bhairavi Arunagirinathar & Thanjavur Sankara Iyer Thendral Rajalakshmi Audio 2004 Ranjani (born 1973) and Gayatri (born 1976) were born to N. Balasubramanian and Meenakshi (a Carnatic vocalist as well). Born into a family deeply involved in classical music, Ranjani and Gayatri's musical talents were discovered at a very early age. They started as violinists, but excel as vocalists. > with Mysore Srikanth (violin), K. Arunprakash (mridangam), Gurprasad (ghatam) |
| 10:44 AM |
| Dr. M. Lalitha Sri Chakara Raja - Ragamalika Saint Agastiyar Amrutham SaReGaMa 2011 Her grandfather was violinist V. Lakshminaranayana, so Dr. M. Lalitha would be the niece of L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar, and L. Vaidyanathan. Accompanied by: Kalakaddu R. Srinivasan (mridangam), Venkatramani (kanjira & konakkol |
| 10:33 AM |
| Sheik Chinna Moulana Amba Neelayadhakshi - Neelambari M. Dikshitar Nadhaswara Samrat T-Series 1992 Sheik Chinna Moulana (1924 – 1999), hailed from a family of legendary nadhaswaram players.
> with thavil accompaniment by S. Subramaniyam and M. Rajendran |
| 10:02 AM |
| Dr. Prabha Atre, Mukundraj Dev & Anant Rane Raga Madhuvanti Dr. Prabha Atre Ishtar Music Pvt. Ltd. 1995 Prabha Atre (born in Pune in 1932 – died in 2024) represents the Kirana Gharana. She studied music under Sureshbabu Mane and his sister Hirabai Barodekar, but she also credited Amir Khan and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan with having a great influence on her singing. > with Mukundraj Dev (tabla & Anant Rane (harmonium) Composition lyrics: Ae Man Mohan Shyam, Shyam More Mandir, & Odare Dare Tan Dim. |
| 10:00 AM |
Set Break:
Concerts
Mitali Bhawmik is offering a vocal workshop, June 25-28, 1-5 pm. (732) 241-7063. bhawmikm@gmail.com Sat. June 13th, vocalist Sambuddha Chatterjee in Kendall Park at Bharat Sevashram Sangha. Sun. June 14th, vocal by Brajeshwar Mukherjee in Princeton at Stone Hill Church parna.sarkar22@gmail.com Sun. June 28th vocal by Meenal Mategaonkar in Edison 732-407-5788 | |
| 9:42 AM |
| Malladi Brothers Birana Varalichi - Kalyani Syama Sastry Naada Sudha Sukanya Music The Malladi Brothers, Malladi Sreeramprasad (born 1971) and Malladi Ravikumar (born 1973), obtained their music education initially from their father Malladi Suri Babu and grandfather Malladi Sriramamurthy.. Subsequently, they studied under Sripada Pinakpani, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Voleti Venkatesvarulu. > with M. A. Sundaresan (violin), Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam), Puddukkotai N. Ramachandran (ghatam) |
| 9:35 AM |
| Ronu Majumdar The Charmer of Braj Hollow Bamboo Water Lily Acoustics 2000 Ranendranath Majumdar was born 28 July 1965, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. "Ronu" Majumdar's father played flute as a hobby, and had learnt from Pannalal Ghosh. After receiving initial instruction from his father, Ronu Majumdar learnt from Vijay Raghav Rao.
> with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla) |
| 9:26 AM |
| Gayathri Mamava Meenakshi - Varali M. Dikshitar Saptharaaga Sangeetha 1986 Echampati Gayathri (née Gayathri Vasantha Shoba), popularly known as "Veena Gayathri" was born in 1959 in Andhra Pradesh. A child prodigy, she performed first at age 9, and was known as "Baby Gayathri". After instruction from her parents, she learnt from T. M. Thyagarajan.
> with Madurai Srinivasan (mridangam) and Govindarajan (ghatam) |
| 9:15 AM |
| Bombay S. Jayashri Sri Venkata - Suruti M. Dikshitar Classical Melodies Vani "Bombay" Jayashri Ramnath was born in Kolkata in 1964 or 1965. She is a Carnatic vocalist, singer and musician, trained by Lalgudi Jayaraman and T. R. Balamani. She has also received training in Hindustani music from K. Mahavir Jaipurwale and Ajay Pohankar. Plus she studied bharatanatyam dance and learned to play the veena. > with Vittal Ramamurthy (violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (mridangam), and S. Karthick (ghatam). |
| 9:01 AM |
| Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph Sunset Lake Ragmala Meta Records 2019 Adam Rudoplh's GO: Organic Orchestra teams with Brooklyn Raga Massive for this cross cultural fusion. On the piece, the featured performers are; Jay Gandhi (flute), Samarth Nagarkar (vocal), Abhik Mukherjee (sitar), Arun Ramamurthy (violin). https://goorganicorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/ragmala-a-garland-of-ragas |